Improvement in hydrants



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Hydrants.

No.157,8l4. Patented nec. 15,1874.

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fJ rm' j f Z f v L' UNITED STATES PATENT GEEIoEo ALBERT GUDENOGE, OFJERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

IMPROVEMENT IN HYDRANTS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 157,814, dated December15, 1874; application filed To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALBERT GUDENOGE, of Jersey City, in the county ofHudson and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Hydrants; and I do hereby declare that the following isa full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings and to the letters of reference marked thereon,which forms part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a hydrant, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to i the annexed drawing, inwhich- Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section ot my inventionthrough the line a: a', Fig. 2; and Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectionthrough the line y y, Fig. l.

A represents the main cylinder, from which extend two branch cylinders,B B. Each cylinder is provided with a valve-seat, a, and anupward-opening piston-valve, C. Each valve is connected to a screw-stem,D, by a swiveljoint, b, made by lock-nuts above and below the top of thevalve. The valves are further provided with guiderods d projectingdownward from their lower sides. The valve-stems pass freely through thecover E, and screw through a cross-bar, Gr, above the same. The maincylinder A has two and the branch cylinders B each one outlet, h, havingmale connections at their outer ends for the hose,which connections arecovered, when not in use, by screw-caps t' in the ordinary way.

In using the ordinary hydrant or fire-plug in the immediate vicinity ofa lire only one engine can obtain water. But with my improvement thenumber of engines is only limited by the size of the main in the street,as it is intended that the capacity of the nozzles shall equal the areaof the main.

November 9, 1874.

If it is necessary to have a connection of p four or more outlets madewith a small lnain, then it is intended that three engines shall connectwith the nozzles,while the fourth nozzle may be used to connect withanother hydrant in the vicinity of the lire, thereby increasing thesupply of water.

I am aware that hydrants have been constructed with two or more outlets,but, as they are operated by one valve, it .is necessary to shut off thesupply of water entirely in order to make another connection. I am alsoaware that hydrants have been constructed with several water-ways, eachcontrolled by valves, while with my improvement, the right and leftconnections being in use together with the one in front, should the onein rear be required, the

hose may be attached, and when the water is required, it is onlynecessary to raise the center valve higher, and the water will flow.

It will be readily seen that the outside or branch cylinders B areentirely independent of the center cylinder A, and that one or bothnozzles of the center cylinder may be used at the saine time.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, isi A hydrant or fire-plu geonsistin g of the main cylinder A and one or more branch cylinders, themain cylinder and its branch cylinders being provided with independentvalves, and separate outlets,all constructed and arranged to operate,substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aiiix my signaturein presence of two witnesses.

ALBERT GUDENOGE.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM L. Snorr, JOHN LoUNsBURY.

